1939-11-24 The Auburn Plainsman

              Bulldoze Those
Bulldogs THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN Get Ready
For Homecoming
VOL. LXIII Z-I ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA, NOVEMBER 24, 1939 No. 24
Blue Key, national honorary organization for seniors, is taking
an active part in the plans for Homecoming festivities. Officers of
the society are (left to right) Leo Bidez, secretary-treasurer; George
Kenmore, president; and Frank Cayce, vice-president.
Blue Key Announces
Decorations Rules
Miss Homecoming
Vote To Be Monday
Ballot Box t o be
P l a c e d at Main Gate
Monday is the day set by the
"A" Club for the selection of
Miss Homecoming for this year,
according to George Wolff, presi­dent.
The ballot box will be at the
Main Gate between 8:00 and 12:00
o'clock and 1:00 and 3:00 o'clock.
All students may vote.
Nominations will be made by
various sororities, each sorority
putting up one nominee.
On the day of the game Miss
Homecoming will appear on the
field at the half. She will also lead
the "A" Club dance Thursday
night at the WPA Hall.
The Miss Homecoming elec­tion
is conducted by the "A," Club
and is not one of the Cabinet
elections, which are in charge of
the Elections Committee.
Notices
There will be a meeting of all
Mobile students interested in the
annual Auburn dance during the
Christmas holidays in Mobile,
Tuesday night at 8:00 o'clock in
Langdon Hall.
* * *
Girls Fencing Club will meet
Tuesday and Friday afternoons at
4:00 o'clock on third floor of the
Textile Building. No previous ex­perience
in fencing required.
Walston, Applebee,
Allen are Judges
Fraternity house decorations
for Homecoming will be judged
on originality and appropriateness
with no consideration given to
elaborateness, Blue Key announc­ed
yesterday. A tentative plan of
decorations,^ in accordance with
the suggestion made in last Mon­day's
Interfraternity C o u n c il
meeting, must be submitted to
Prof. Frank Applebee, second
floor of the Art Building, as soon
as possible so as to avoid two
groups using the same theme.
Judges will be Prof. Applebee,
Dr. Koger Allen, and Dr. Rosa
Lee Walston. They will judge on
different houses both on Wednes­day
night between 7:00 and 10:00
o'clock and Thursday morning be­tween
9:00 and 12:00.
In case of a tie the number of
alumni registering from each of
the tying fraternities will be con­sidered.
Prominent citizens of both Ala­bama
and Florida have been invit­ed
to the pre-game banquet Wed­nesday
night at 7:15. Among them
are Gov. Frank M. Dixon of Ala­bama;
Gov. Fred Cone of Flor­ida;
Josh Cody, coach of the Flor­ida
team; Mike Donahue, famous
coach of old-time Auburn teams;
George Mattison, president of the
Alumni Association; M a u r i ce
Bloch, former president of the
alumni; and Mayor C. S. Yar-brough
of Auburn.
From the Auburn faculty will
come Executive Secretary Ralph
Continued on page 6
Eight Students Prove Co-Op Housing
Is Practical And Inexpensive
S t u d e n t s Living for
$15 a Month for Each
By HERBERT MARTIN
Beginning with little besides the
fixed idea that not only two, but
three or four can live as cheaply
as one, eight Auburn students
have hit a new high in minimiz­ing
the cost of living.
Through efficient management
of a co-operative enterprise, these
men have succeeding in fixing the
cost of board and room, as well
as numerous other later-to-be-dis­cussed
advantages, at $15 a month
per member.
Representing three states and
all four college classes, all these
students formerly worked for a
local eating establishment. Early
this year, they formulated the
plan for co-operative living, and
secured the house at 225 East
Glenn where they now stay.
Members of this unusual so­ciety,
for that's exactly what it
is, are Preston Thaxton, C. R.
Barron, Jack Birdsong, Bob Con­nor,
Bobby Ellis, E. R. (Cab)
Calloway, Frank Wingate, and
Bill Gregg.
Principal advantages of their
plan, say the students, are more
study time, cheaper and better
living, and independence. This
must be true, for they boast a
collective weighted average of
over 80, and their living condi­tions
are certainly above the aver­age.
They practice community sleep­ing,
studying, and eating, and their
house includes bedrooms, study, a
living room 25 by 20 feet, two
baths with inside plumbing and
hot and cold running water, kit­chenette,
and library with over
125 text and reference volumes.
They hire a cook, and have
three meals a day. Coffee is serv­ed
regularly every night at ten
o'clock. Believe it or not, the cof­fee
is nothing less than superb,
and the members take turns brew­ing
it. These tasks, and similar
others, are assigned at regular
Monday night house meetings.
Judging from lavish wall dec­orations,
favorite movie stars of
these comfortable bachelor a-partment
residents are Ann Sheri­dan
or Jane Wyman.
The first month this near-corp­oration
succeeding in buying all
necessary china and cooking uten­sils,
still staying well within their
limit. The gentlemen like onions
and have gas heat in every room.
Continued on page 6
TIGERS TO MEET BULLDOGS IN
TILT AT COLUMBUS TOMORROW
Cossacks Thrill
Audience With
Stirring Music
Crowd of 1S00 Fills
G r a v e s Center to
H e a r Russian Singers
A full house of 1500 people pack­ed
the auditorium at Graves Cen­ter
last night to hear a stirring
concert by the Don Cossack's Cho­rus,
world-famed musical organi­zation,
under the direction of di­minutive
Serge Jaroff.
It was one of the largest crowds
ever assembled in the hall and was
a fitting tribute to a fine group of
singers. The concert was the sec­ond
attraction of the current Au­burn
Concert Series.
The Chorus opened the program
with a series of five prayers and
hymns, the first being, "Save Thy
People, Oh Lord", by Tchesnokoff,
followed by the "Cherubim-song",
an eighteenth century hymn by
Kastalsky. These two renditions
were followed by "To Thee We Are
Singing", by Kastalsky; "Respon-sorium";
and "A Prayer for the
Native Country", by Tchesnokov.
After the first intermission, the
Cossacks sang the stirring history
of the Chorus, written by Shvedoff
in celebration of their 3000th con­cert
in 1936. "The Evening Bells"
followed this and was one of the
highlight renditions of the concert,
featuring the crystal-clear voice of
one of the "singers. Next was "A
Soldier's Joke". This number re-ceived
so much applause that the
Chorus repeated the song as an
encore.
The following number was prob­ably
the climax of the concert, the
singing of the world famous piano
composition, "Prelude", from the
third symphony, by Rachmaninoff.
Closing the second part of the pro­gram
the singers rendered the "Ku­ban-
song". The applause at this
point necessitated an encore which
the Chorus sang at the beginning
of the third part of the program.
"Two White Russian Songs"
opened the final part of the con­cert.
A romance, "The Red Sara­fan",
by Varlamoff, followed the
opening number of the third part
of the program. A comical peasant
song, sung with much gaiety and
nonsense was the next number, fol­lowed
by "Lesguinka", a Moham­medan
prayer. A typical Russian
soldier song was the next rendi­tion
and was accompanied by the
wild and frenzied dancing of the
Caucasian Dagger Dame by two
members of the Chorus. As a final
encore, the Cossacks sang a beau­tiful
hymn, "God be Merciful".
Taken as a group, the Cossacks
presented one of the outstanding
groups of male voices in the world.
Time and again the audience roar­ed
in thunderous applause of a
great presentation. The Cossacks
would thunder forth in mighty
blast only to sink to a mere whim­per,
and more than once their
voices blended in measures so
smooth and clear that they were
indistinguishable from notes of an
organ.
Freshmen Women to
Pick WSCA Member
At Election Tuesday
Women students of the fresh­man
class will elect the freshman
representative to the Council of
the Woman's Student Government
on Tuesday afternoon at Lang­don
Hall. All freshman girls can
vote between 4:15 and 4:30 for
their choice. At the close of con­vocation
for women students,
which will be held from 4:30 to
5:30, the names of the three girls
having the highest number of
votes will be announced.
The final vote will be taken im­mediately
after convocation is
dismissed. -
George Wolff, president of the
"A" Club, which is sponsoring the
election of Miss Homecoming on
Monday.
Wear Your Uniform
AH students taking ROTC have
been urged to wear their uni­forms
on Homecoming Day if pos­sible.
Dr. L. N. Duncan, president,
said today, "In the spirit of co­operation
it will be greatly ap­preciated
if all students who can
will wear their uniforms during
Homecoming."
John Rice, captain of Scabbard
and Blade: "The presence of stu­dents
in uniform will make a good
impression on visitors, and all of
us seniors would like to see every
ROTC student in a uniform."
Billy Smith, pep manager: "A
special section of the stands will
be set aside for a card display
like the one put on at the Villa-nova
game. This section will look
one hundred per cent better if all
the students sitting in it have on
uniforms."
Old Rivals Will Battle
n Memorial Stadium
Large Crowd of Students and Supporters
To View 44th Came of Traditional Series
From all indications, including reports of the largest
ticket sale of the season, Auburn will march on Columbus,
Ga., practically en masse tomorrow to witness the forty-fourth
annual Auburn-Georgia football game.
The battle will begin promptly at 2:00 o'clock in the
Memorial Stadium.
A "Beat That Bulldog" pep rally Was held last night
on Drake Field. The cold weather kept most students a-
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Festive Homecoming
Day Planned by API
Glee Club To Sing
At ODK Miscellany
A p p e a r a n c e May be
Only One of Semester
Newest feature to be added to
the list to appear on this year's
ODK Musical Miscellany and
Beauty Bazaar is the Auburn Glee
Club, Chairman Charles Kelley
said yesterday.
The Club, under the direction
of Prof. Lawrence Barnett, has
been rehearsing since soon after
the opening of school. In addition
to its Miscellany appearance it is
making plans for a tour and op­eretta
next spring.
This will mark the Glee Club's
initial appearance of the year and
possibly its only appearance on
the campus this year, since ac­cording
to Glee Club members, it
will probably not give its usual
campus concert this year. The
singers will present a 15-minute
program.
Already scheduled to appear on
the Miscellany along with the
Glee Club are the Auburn
Knights, the PFA Band, the Hon­or
Society Rockettes, the Tap
Dance Chorus composed of Au­burn
coeds, and several other at­tractions.
In addition, "Miss Auburn" for
1940 will be announced and the
Glomerata beauties selected from
approximately 30 Auburn coeds
who will appear on the program.
Alumni to Gather
Here Next Thursday
The biggest Homecoming in
Auburn's history will officially
begin Thursday morning, Nov.
30, Thanksgiving Day in Ala­bama.
With classes dismissed at
the conclusion of class meeting
on Wednesday, most of the stu­dent
body are planning to remain
in Auburn for the one-day holi­day
period. Classes are to be re­sumed
Friday morning as usual.
Blue Key and ODK are both
planning to take active part in
the Homecoming festivities. ODK
announced today its plans for
putting on a program at the half.
Blue Key has already given out
the details of the program of e-vents
which it will publish, and of
the cups to be given to the fra­ternity
with the best decorations
and to the outstanding player of
the Auburn-Florida game.
A prominent group of Auburn
alumni, public men, coaches, and
sportswriters will convene Wed­nesday
night at a banquet to be
given by Blue Key.
At the Auburn Stadium at
2:00 o'clock Auburn and Florida
will meet in Auburn's first Home­coming
Game in three years, with
the Tigers the favorite.
Nearly all fraternities are ar­ranging
for housing and food for
their alumni members. Most are
planning banquets and social
functions of some kind. Judging
from the response at Interfrater­nity
Council meeting, most of the
lodges will put up decorations.
MANNING SPEAKS
TO AIEE MEN
Is R e p r e s e n t a t i ve
Of G e n e r a l Motors
Last night in the Ross Chemical
Auditorium, Harry F. Manning,
representative of General Motors
Corporation, gave a lecture and
motion picture show to members of
the Auburn student branch of the
American Institute of Electrical
Engineers and other students. Mr.
Manning is one of the many men
attached to GMC's traveling "Pa­rade
of Progress Exposition", a
summary of the more spectacular
of recent technological advance­ments.
The exposition, which has
been traveling all over the coun­try,
is now at Legion Field in Bir­mingham
and will be in Montgom­ery
sometime during December.
During his lecture, Mr. Manning
showed such novelties as a talk­ing
flashlight, wool made from
milk, tiles made from cotton, and
cloth made from glass. The motion
picture, "On to Jupiter" was a
sound picture showing that in spite
of fearful opposition, progress will
continue to be made through
changing the old for the new. Be­fore
the lecture, Mr. Manning was
entertained at an informal ban­quet
given by officers of the AIEE.
Owls Members Pick
Officers for Year
Owls, new honor society for
Sophomore women sponsored by
Cardinal Key, held its first meet­ing
Tuesday night. Amy Drake,
president of Cardinal Key, pre­sided
over the meeting. The elec­tion
of the following officers was
made: President, Claudia Wein­man;
Vice-President, Emma Nell
Parrish; Secretary and Reporter,
Emma Lou Farrior; Treasurer,
Mary Beth Marshall.
Another short business meeting
will be held next Tuesday night.
COED ENROLLS
AS FLIER IN
API AERO CLUB
Not being content with invad­ing
the heretofore strictly "for
men only" fields, coeds are turn­ing
to aviation. Unsatisfied with
her fellows who are offering com­petition
to men in engineering,
agriculture, and veterinary medi­cine,
one coed has risen from the
ranks, and this time in an air­plane.
Ozella Taylor, sophomore in
Science and Literature from
Bankston and newest—and only
girl—member of the Auburn Aero
Club is the girl who refuses to
keep her feet on the ground.
Turning aviatrix only Wednes­day
Ozella has already demon­strated
proficient ability, accord­ing
to members of the Aero Club.
Lending her eager instruction is
the entire personnel of the club,
now having about 20 members en­rolled.
Forty "Intelligent" Students Sign
Away Their Lives In Mass Suicide Pact
Episcopal Church Services: Sun­day
next before Advent. Church
School, 9:45 a.m.; Morning prayer
and sermon, 11:00 a.m.; Young
People's Discussion Group, 7:00
p.m.
AH Sign Petition
P r o m i s i n g Decapitation
By BOB ANDERSON
Plans of a gigantic suicide pact
were disclosed today by Plains­man
investigators, who found
that 40 Auburn students signed
away their lives this week.
The pact, disguised as a peti­tion
to the administration for a
grant of an extension of one day
to Auburn's Christmas vacation
so as to include New Year's Day,
contained a clause in which sign­ers
promised to cut off their heads
on return from the holidays.
Signers of the agreement for
self-destruction included s u ch
well-known students as Virginia
Adams, president of the Women's
Student Government Association.
George Wolff, president of the
"A" Club; George Hiller, presi­dent
of the Interfraternity Coun­cil;
Bob Armstrong, business
manager of the Plainsman; Char­les
Kelley and Hank Parker, edit­or
and business manager, respec­tively,
of the Glomerata; Winfrey
Boyd, president of ODK; Tom
Henley, chairman of the Social
Committee; B e t t y Showalter,
president of Sphinx, IRC, and
Auburn Players; Jim King, vice-president
of the Executive Cabi­net;
John Watters, chairman of
the Elections Committee; George
Kenmore, president of Blue Key;
Frank Cayce, president of ASME,
and Headcheerleader Chick Hatch­er.
\
The innocent-looking document
of mass suicide, signed after hur­ried
scanning or no reading at all
by so many students, read as fol­lows:
Petition for the Extension of
Christmas Holidays to Include
New Years Day.
We, the undersigned, being un­dergraduate
members of the Stu­dent
Body Association of Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute, and
being sane in mind, and as such
not totally without rights, do
hereby respectfully petition the
administration of said Alabama
Polytechnic Institute for an ex-
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was enthusiastic.
Pep Manager Billy Smith said
today that there would be no Au­burn
parade in Columbus.
In their game tomorrow the
Tigers and the Bulldogs carry on
their shoulders a great tradition
of Southern football, one of the
oldest rivalries in the history of
intercollegiate sports. Back be­yond
the turn of the century in
1892 the men of Auburn and
Georgia first met on the gridiron
with Auburn winning 10-0.
Since then the teams have met
42 times, both having won 19
games. Two years ago an under­dog
Georgia squad held the great
Tiger to a scoreless tie in biting
cold weather. Last year the Plains­men
defeated the Bulldogs 23-14
in bitter cold and rain.
All reports today pointed to
good football weather for the
game, but no matter what the
weather the Auburn-Georgia game
is always a fight to the finish.
Somehow Auburn can always
get excited over the game with the
Crackers. The annual ODK bon­fire
was called off this year at
the request of the college, but
Auburn's enthusiasm is running
high anyhow. The cryptic signs,
"Beat Jawja," "Crumble those
Crackers," appearing around the
campus, express the sentimetits of
a student body which will be on
hand tomorrow to see the con­flict.
Special busses will be run to
Columbus for the game. They will
begin leaving around 7:00 o'clock
and continue to leave through
about 10:00.
McKENZIE-SCOTT
WIN IN DEBATE
Defeat Girls T e am
In Finals of Tourney
John Scott, SAE pledge, and
Ted McKenzie were winners of
the Tau Kappa Alpha freshman
debate tournament Tuesday, win­ning
the finals over the first girls
team to be entered in several
years, Wynona Parker and Merle
Woodard. They were debating the
question: "Resolved, that the
United States should own and op­erate
the railroads." Each of the
winners will be awarded a loving
cup.
The judges of the debates were
Professors Flanary, Wade, and
Hess.
The varsity intramural tourna­ment
begins Monday night at 8:00
o'clock, and matches will be held
in Room 4 in the L building. The
question for this tournament is:
"Resolved, that the United States
should follow a policy of strict
(economic and military) isolation
toward all nations outside the
Western Hemisphere engaged in
armed international or civic con­flict."
The schedule of the varsity
tournament is as follows:
Nov. 27, Hall and Marshall vs.
Boggs and Wheeler; Nov. 28,
Porter and Reed vs. Nixon and
Dubberly; Nov. 29, Wender and
Sutton vs. Newell and Myrick;
Dec. 1, McBroom and Milsaps vs.
Nichols and Bruner; Dec. 1, Allen
and Strickland vs. Bye.
The judges of the tournament
have not been chosen as yet.
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Wear Your Uniform
Homecoming
PROBABLY EVERYONE is get­ting
tired of hearing us ding-dong
about Homecoming, but an
occasion as important as this big­gest
homecoming in Auburn his­tory*
must go over with the old
grads.
It's not going to fizzle, for fra­ternities
and student organiza­tions
have insured that, but mere
success is not enough, it must be
an occasion that will so impress
the old boys whose enthusiasm
for Auburn has dulled with years
that they will go home with re­newed
confidence in a Greater Au­burn,
determined to join all the
rest who are fighting for API's
betterment.
Not many students are cog­nizant
of the fact that Auburn is
no longer a crossroads college—
how many colleges are there in
the South, in the nation, with
more than 3000 men enrolled?
When you find the statistics
you're due for a surprise. Then,
if Auburn has graduated from
the ranks of the lesser satellites,
how can any student counten­ance
the thought of a crossroads
homecoming.
In keeping with all this, Scab­bard
and Blade, together with
the School of Military Science
^and Tactics are requesting all
students to wear their uniforms
on Homecoming Day. Those
snappy, blue-gray outfits will
make an impression that won't
be forgotten. Wear yours.
The Revenue Rolls In
THE DEPARTMENT of Revenue
of the State of Alabama is an­other
division of the state gov­ernment
setting an example of
economy and efficiency in op­eration,
a characteristic almost
unknown in state governmental
divisions in the past.
Official figures from the De­partment
of Revenue indicate
that it operated during the first
nine months of Gov. Frank M.
Dixon's administration at a total
saving of $263,000. This slice of
over a quarter of a million dol­lars
in expenses is in spite of the
fact that costs of the legal de­partment
and of land agents
were carried by t h e Depart­ment
during this period, where­as
they had not been in the past.
The Commissioner of Revenue
shows further that during the
same period the collections made
by t h e Department jumped
$738,000.
The total constitutes an im­pressive
figure of more than a
million dollars, and in a poverty-ridden
state like Alabama a mil­lion
dollars difference in the op­eration
of a department for a
nine-months period is a tremen­dous
item.
Just as impressive as the De­partment's
economy record is
that of its personnel—it is now
functioning with 200 less employ­ees
than at the beginning of the
year 1939.
In contrast to the hodge-podge
government of the past, with
politicos waxing fat off its very
top-heaviness, is that which a
one-legged war veteran with a
penchant for reform has put into
operation d o w n Montgomery
way.
Radio
THE AMERICAN RADIO is a
kaleidoscopic enterprise which
doesn't get its fair share of ap­preciation.
There's a program
for every taste and whim. The
radio airs everything from the
greatest symphonic orchestras to
wailing mountain music and from
quack doctors' advice to dis­courses
by the world's most im­portant
people.
Perhaps the worthiest musical
program on the air is the Ford
Sunday Evening Hour, which has
all the dignity of a formal con­cert.
The Ford Symphony Orches­tra
contains many of the coun­try's
best musicians, and its con­ductors
are regularly heads of
the great municipal orchestras.
Radio, probably due to the
seriousness caused by the war,
has become increasingly taken up
by news commentators, politici­ans,
open forums, and the like. A
careful radio listener gets a
thorough education in current
events, political economy, social
problems.
Americans are famous for
their sentimentality, and the con­tinuance
on the air of the organ-and-
poetry hours would seem
proof of the belief. The lugubri­ous
music and syrupy recitations
are often astonishing.
Radio is unsurpassed as a
source of light entertainment. All
the swing bands, comedians,
character sketches, quiz pro­grams,
amateur programs, and
variety programs now on the air
combine more entertainment than
vaudeville ever did.
The advertising which comes
over the radio is often amazing.
It is even more often ill done.
The company whose program
comes on just at supper time
finds it an opportune moment to
describe all the horrors of poor
digestion—Victorian unmention­ables
are mentioned with gusto
—and then speak of the heaven­ly
relief their product affords.
Some companies mar their pro­grams
by advertising which is
lengthy and repetitious. It seems
apparent that the most effective
advertising is the briefest and
catchiest. Programs such as the
Ford Hour which carry no adver­tising
other than the mere men­tion
of the sponsor are remem­bered.
While Americans are counting
their blessings, they should re­member
the radio in their thanks­giving
prayers: it works seven
days and nights a week pouring
out recreation and happiness. R.
S.
The Plainsman Forum With the Co-ops—By A Fred Henning
-November 24, 1939
Letters to the Editor
Senior Pleads for Dean of Men
Editor,
Auburn Plainsman
Dear Sir:
This letter should be of interest to all
students sincerely interested in the pro­gress
of our school, especially those mem­bers
of the underclasses who would ben­efit
from the accomplishment of this
appeal. There has been a great deal
said about it and a lot of interesting dis­cussion
has taken place but is that all?
The further I advance in my senior
year here at Auburn, the more I realize
certain prominent facts that are begin­ning
to figure more and more in my
thought: (1) that I am just now begin­ning
to find myself in my work and in
my chosen profession; (2) that I regret
deeply that I did not orient myself sooner
in order to maximize the opportunities
that presented themselves to me in my
underclass studies; (3) that there are
many other seniors and a great many
more members of every class who have
not yet begun to take stock of them­selves;
(4) that it is not entirely within
the scope of college men to solve all the
difficult problems and conflicts that arise
in their minds; and (5) that in order
to minimize the disappointments and
misunderstandings to a misguided and
mischosen route in college there should
be someone to whom a student might
turn at the moment the problem pre­sented
itself.
It is my sincere belief and conviction
that the sooner a student becomes aware
of just exactly what he is accomplishing
and what he could accomplish by apply­ing
himself fully, the greater will be
his success in school and consequently
the greater will he be prepared to deal
effectively with those problems which
confront him in the world beyond the
campus.
Experience is a great teacher but too
often the lesson is learned after the
damage is done. Independence of
thought and action is a worthy virtue
but in the complex society in which we
live today it is hardly conceivable or
even probable that any man carves out
his little niche in the hall of successful
men without consulting his friends, his
intimates, or ever a professional adviser,
and obtaining their cooperation.
If every one of us could have access to
such counsel as has been tested and
found prudent, then we could start out
on the middle rung of the ladder of suc­cess
rather than farther toward the
bottom.
It's a wonderful feeling to look at
yourself figuratively and understand
that you really know just what you are
doing and exactly where you can apply
yourself to more advantage for your own
sake and for the sake of those who are
relying on you. I think I've done just
that, and the mental relief I've gotten
has more than compensated for the con­fusion
and distress that has so many
times crowded my mind.
As a freshman, sophomore, and junior
I talked to my associates about similar
difficulties that they had and I know
today that those same problems persist
in the minds of almost every student.
Those minds are perfectly capable of
accumulating a n d containing v a st
amounts of knowledge but they lack the
experience of dealing with more weighty
and profound problems than are encoun­tered
in our 20 years of living.
Recently I had a long talk with a
prominent business man from New York
whose field is entirely different from
that which he studied while in Auburn.
He did not regret having studied what he
did while in school but he feels that if
he had been directed in the right chan­nels
he would have found himself much
sooner.
After leaving Auburn he had no idea
of just exactly what he wanted to do
and consequently accepted a low-salaried
job out of necessity, one which he was
not sure that he wanted. Fortunately
and eventually he adjusted himself to
his new work and began to find himself.
He said that now he did not regret hav­ing
endured that period of confusion but
that it was all so unnecessary when a
man trained and practiced in dealing
with student problems could have set
him right while in school.
Since he has acquired his own busi­ness,
he has, at various times, employed
Auburn graduates, specialists in their
particular field, who had just graduated
from school only to find themselves in
the same quandary which he had been
many years before.
Their jobs were generally low paid
positions relatively unimportant yet they
could not grasp the significance of doing
their job well and thus belied their true
ability. Consequently their work was
not well done and he was forced to ter­minate
them.
He expressed the belief that if Auburn
only had a dean of men who could devote
half his time to advising students and
the other half to a class in practical ap­plication
of themselves, then we would
turn out more men who were a credit
to the colleges and to themselves.
I realize that the subject is much
deeper and more far-reaching than I
have cared to go and I won't attempt
to try to present all the minute better­ments
that would arise from a man em­ployed
by the school to educate the stu­dents
to the realities of living. It is not
at all difficult to foresee them.
There are not a great many univer­sities
in our country with an enrollment
of 3000 or more, but can you name any
of them truly great in the field of edu­cation
and producing a maximum of
well-trained college men and women that
does not have a dean of men? WHY
CAN'T WE?
Most Interestedly,
A Senior
No Quizzes on Day after Seminar
Editor
Auburn Plainsman
Dear Ed:
This is not another panning on the
use of the word oscillation, neither is it
a gripe on the much-talked-of holidays.
I only want to speak a word in behalf
of Dr. Duncan's chosen people, to wit,
the poor mistreated engineers.
Before I start my onslaught on the
Engineering Seminar I would like to
have it thoroughly understood that I
have nothing whatsoever against En­gineering
Seminar, in fact I might ven­ture
to say I think it one of the most
beautiful things that has happened to
the unrecognized multitude of which I
am proud to be a member.
But dear Ed (comes the gripe) Why,
oh why can't our professors look just
far enough ahead to schedule their (or
rather our) quizzes on any day other
than the day after Engineering Semi­nar
meets. I found myself and a good
many other engineers in such a lather
over being pushed for time the other
nite that we were only able to sit and
squirm rather than enjoy the wonderful
delivery that Mr. McDonnell made.
Mr. McDonnell started his speech with
the question what shall I talk about and
in spite of the whiskers on the joke I
could still appreciate the humor of the
situation when a very disgruntled en­gineer
said, "Talk about a minute and
sit down." In spite of the quiz and the
crack I would like to say in conclusion
that I did enjoy Mr. McDonnell's speech
very much, and I sincerely hope that
we will have more here like him.
I have only one more pet gripe and
that is the noise in the library. Far be
it from me to discourage young love in
bloom but as long as student center is
open why can't these whispering romeos
woo their starry-eyed loves there.
Sincerely yours,
Mysterious Mose, 3 EE
Well?
By John Ivey, Jr.
Editor's Note: The opinions expressed in this
column are those of the writer and are not to
be construed as the editorial policies of this
paper.
THE ARGUMENT aiming at the neces­sity
for improvements in the nation­al
health program has centered large­ly
around the cre­ation
of another of­fice
in the President's
Cabinet with its di­rector
known as Sec­retary
of Health or
some similar caption.
This matter is one
that has been deep­ly
submerged under
t h e more pressing
matters of looking
after t h e general
welfare of the Eco­nomic
America. However, there seems to
be need for us to stop and look at the
problem of keeping the citizenry of the
C/bt/M n/sy
country in the best possible physical
condition.
The benefits derived from a coordi­nated
health program embracing units
within each state in the country could
well contribute toward taking many
thousands of individuals from the phy­sically
dependent class and helping re­store
them as useful citizens. More in­tensive
work could be aimed at disease
prevention; medical aid could be made
available for those sometimes unable
to afford the services of a doctor.
By directing more effort to the phy­sical
welfare of our citizens we would
not only increase the health and hap­piness
of the entire nation but would
in turn conserve the most perishable
of all elements of industry, man-power.
Millions of dollars that would ordinarily
be sent out through relief channels or
charity wards could be turned back in­to
the pockets of former physically sick
Americans by giving them a chance to
contribute more to society.
Although the implications here point
strongly at a system of "socialized
medicine," it cannot be denied that at
More Co-Ops Hired
W. B. BRANTLEY, Georgia State High­way
Engineer, in a letter to Alex.
O. Taylor, co-ordinator of the co-opera­tive
plan, expressed his desire to hire
two Georgia boys for part-time jobs so
that they might study engineering at
Auburn. He suggested that he hire S.
B. Milligan, Jr., of Moultrie, Ga., and
have him begin work in his department
on Dec. 4, 1939.
Marcus Helms, the other Georgian eli­gible
for the co-operative job, is a resi­dent
of Talbotton, Ga. Both of these
boys submitted letters of application to
Mr. Brantley and both were accepted.
It was suggested by Mr. Brantley that
since Helms had not yet attended school
that he might enter on Dec. 4 and al­ternate
with Milligan.
J. B. Mclntyre of the Tennessee, Coal,
Iron and Railroad in Birmingham an­nounced
today that another co-operative
student is to be placed on its list of
employees. This new worker is to be
James Donald Craig, a student in elec­trical
engineering. He is to begin work
in the electrical department of the TCI.
The odd part about this setup is that
Craig's alternate is to study electrical
engineering at the University of Ten­nessee.
Such an arrangement is some­thing
absolutely new in our co-operative
plan.
Industrialists Visit Campus
Several of the prominent industrialists
and business leaders from Birmingham
to whom Auburn was host last Tuesday
are employers of co-operative students
studying engineering here at API.
Among those men who saw the special
review staged by the 1800 cadets of
the ROTC unit were W. P. Cox, Mc-
Wane Cast Iron Pipe Company; Robert
Gregg, president of the Tennessee Coal,
Iron and Railroad Company; Karl Land-grebe,
vice-president, Tennessee Coal,
Iron, and Railroad Company.
Luther Fuller and E. D. May, both
also of the Tennessee Coal, Iron, and
Railroad Company; J. W. Porter, Ala­bama
By-Products Company; H. C.
Stockham, Stockham Pipe Fittings Com­pany.
Mr. Porter of the Alabama By-
Products Company, brought along with
him a list of his eight co-op student em­ployees!
Several of the co-ops were
seen engrossed in conversation with
their respective bosses as they walked
about our campus.
Thanks to E. C. Gentle, the Mitec
Engineers now have a "classy" bulletin
board. It is located in the second-floor
hall of Ramsay Hall near room 211.
Watch it for notices and announcements
concerning the Mitec Engineers and all
co-operative students.
Plains Talk
By Herbert Martin
Editor's Note: The opinions expressed in this
column are those of the writer and are not to
be construed as the editorial policies of this
paper. *
ALTHOUGH this has not been officially
confirmed, it is rumored that Auburn
would accept a Rose Bowl bid, should
the offer be made.
present we are excusing leaving a great
field for relief of human suffering un­touched
and excusing our actions large­ly
on the basis of tradition and the
fear of treading on the toes of the
medical profession. If it be true that
we steer away from such legislation
and social reforms because one of our
most sacred professions would find it­self
turning into a service group in­stead
of high-priced specialists, and ex­pensive
pain relievers, then something
should be done.
If the additions of another office in
the President's Cabinet would be a step
in this direction, it should be taken;
however, if the problem goes still deep­er,
then maybe we should dig down and
get at the basic evil, even though the
digging tread on the professional toes
of our noted humanitarians.
* * *
Shortly after the first mass meeting
this year, we mentioned that in throw­ing
the blame at college freshmen for
the "cut-ups" accompanying the mass
meetings a grave mistake was being
made. The finger pointed at none other
than the high school students here in
Auburn . . . we were not stating as­sumptions,
but facts that had been
gathered by attending mass meetings
and noticing exactly how the little ex­hibitions
developed.
Just prior to the annual celebration
of Halloween the officials at the high
school were asked to impress upoh the
students the seriousness of the situa­tion
and the implications that resulted
from such displays of conduct. They
were, of course, glad to help in any
way but in turn were quite sure that
"nothing would happen." Although not
of a serious nature things did happen
during the course of the evening,as
the "spooks" were allowed full sway.
Although there have always been
certain groups of college students ready
to take up any suggestion to have an
excessive amount of fun, most of the
time the germ is sowed by the little
fellows standing on the outskirts of the
crowd, and then as soon as the older
boys get the festivities started the
youngsters naturally drop out on the
sidelines to enjoy the fun . . . nothing
happens to them so they are quite ready
to see the older students take the blame
and then advance similar suggestions
when the next occasion arises.
In the last issue of the Plainsman an
editorial appeared discussing the mat­ter
openly .and putting the blame just
where it should have been placed, not
only this year but in the past. Even
though the truth leaves an unwanted
sting, in view of the issue at stake it
is about time that certain groups be
impressed with the seriousness of en­dangering
the reputation of Auburn as
an institution.
* * *
Turkeys in Alabama have been won­dering
why they have been granted a
stay of execution . . . they wonder why
some of their northern cousins have al­ready
departed for the happy hunting
ground . . . ah, but come next Thurs­day
and then'not even FDR will be
able to keep the feathers from flying,
the turkey from baking, or the Tigers
from clawing the Alligator. It's gonna
be some fun!
I took part in the library social hour
the other night. Meet your friends,
chat comfortably, learn all the latest
gossip, take-strolls for your health, and
carry on high-pressure courting . . .
at the library.
Everyone always has a good time. The
possible benefits for setting aside a
building for a general get-together place
in the midst of such an atmosphere of
musty volumes which, unopened, hold the
wisdom of centuries, are doubtful. My
social development is undoubtedly the
better off for those enjoyable periods
spent in vocal communion with my fel­low-
man, but the results of my reading
are far from satisfactory.
It would be a sacrilege to devote the
entire library to studying, but it would
be nice to have a little space set aside
in the new wing for those who wish
to study undisturbed by the audible med­itations
of the rabble.
*
Knocked out . . . the seven-year-old
lad who recently canvassed the local
frat houses selling candy. Working his
way through grammar school, the lad
put it.
* *
Dick Hildwin, ace sports scribe for
the New Mexico State College Round-Up,
bemoans the state of the Aggies, who, it
seems, are playing more road games
than usual. Soon, says Dick, they will
be like Auburn, who plays only one
home game a year.
Dick, fortunately, didn't know that
this game is the first to be played in
Auburn for too many years. We see
the need for making this game some­thing
to remember. Congratulations to
Blue Key for taking the initiative in the
move for fraternity decorations, and to
the frats for the results that are sure
to be forthcoming.
Auburn will be on parade next Thurs­day.
It won't be hard to show old Au­burn
men that Auburn is the same, ex­cept
for a few more students. They'll
be looking for the things that they re­member
about Auburn. It's up to us
to see that that friendly spirit so char­acteristically
Auburn's is not buried too
deeply.
* * *
Why are Auburn students so bitter
toward the University? Are we jealous
because they have a little more money
than we have, or do we envy their past
football successes? They represent Ala­bama
the same as we do, and it doesn't
speak well for us to be so anxious for
them to lose.
A recent editorial along this line con­trasted
the feelings of the two schools.
Alabama fans cheered when the news
came that Auburn was getting the up­per
hand over LSU—almost as loud as
Auburn fans cheered to hear that Tulane
was topping Alabama.
University students are not our ene­mies.
Let's let our natural feeling of
kinship conquer this petty animosity
which we bear them.
* * * *
Attention, music lovers . . . Hold
Tight, Three Little Fishes, Talkin' Blues,
and, now, Oh! Johnny! Gawsh!! What
next??
* * * * *
The "Stanback" program of popular
requests featured a number for the Au­burn
football team last Monday noon.
The number was, "It Seems Like Old
Times," and, come to think about it, it
really does. Partly that, partly the new
campus signs. Auburn 53, Georgia 6.
* * * * * *
"Remember," croans Carrie, the Cam­pus
Crooner, "it's not much of a change
from his fiancee to high finance*."
"And," still crooning, "happy Thanks­giving,
whenever it is!"
November 24, 1939 T H E A U B U R N P L A I N S M AN Page Three
College Students
Favor Hitch-Hiking
HOBDY SPEAKS
TOFFAANDFHA
The purpose of the joint pro­gram
of vocational agriculture
and home economics classes in
high schools was discussed before
the PFA and FHA Tuesday night
by Dr. J. B. Hobdy, director of
the vocational work of Alabama.
Dr. Hobdy began his speech by
explaining to the group the things
that vocational agriculture teach­ers
and home economics teachers
should know. He stressed the val­ue
of a knowledge of chemistry,
physics, and accounting. A know­ledge
of chemistry was stressed
very strongly since so much fer­tilizer
is used each year in the
growing of crops for 'food.
What kind of jobs do college
graduates get? According to Dr.
Hobdy, only six and one-half per­cent
of the college graduates go
into white-collared jobs such as
banks clerks, bookkeepers, and of­fice
work. The remaining ninety-three
and one-half per cent find
jobs in which they work with
their hands.
Vocational education h a s al­ways
been thought of as being
training in the head; however, in
the present vocational program,
men are trained to do all kinds
of jobs that are helpful to the
people. Dr. Hobdy stated that if
a boy or girl who is being trained
to teach vocational agriculture or
home economics has not had prac­tical
experience on the farm he
or she has missed some very valu­able
training.
Dr. Hobdy ended his speech by
urging the boys who teach voca­tional
agriculture to plan and es­tablish
a better shop program.
Ex Auburn Professor
Edits Gazetteer
Dr. John B. Clark, former head
professor of economics at Au­burn,
and now dean at Mercer
University, has recently edited
the famous 1827 edition of Sher­wood's
"Gazetteer of the State
of Georgia" which has just come
from the University of Georgia
Press.
A facsimile edition of the first
gazetteer compiled for Georgia,
the pocket-size volume is a com­plete
guide to the state when the
population of Savannah was 7,000,
Macon was striving to outgrow
the capital city of Milledgeville,
and 10 steamboats made Augusta
the center of Southeastern trade.
The book is an exact duplica­tion
of the original gazetteer and
has in it a portrait of its author,
an 1829 map of Georgia, an in­troduction
by Dean Clark, and a
foreword by President Spright
Dowell of Mercer.
Narrative and ' statistical in­formation
on Georgia's resources,
government, history, commerce,
geography, and education was
compiled by the Rev. Adiel Sher­wood,
a Baptist minister who pro­duced
later editions of his work
in 1829, 1837, and 1860.
Rev. Sherwood aided in the
Vote 4 to 1 in
Favor of Thumbing
The ride "thumber" should not
be banned from the highway. That
is the verdict pronounced in a
nation-wide poll of college and
university students, perhaps the
largest group of Americans who
use the hitch hiking manner of
travel.
An overwhelming majority of
the collegians—four out of every
five — believe that laws against
hitch hiking should not be on the
statute books, according to the re­sults
of the latest study of camp­us
attitudes conducted by the Stu­dent
Opinion Surveys of America
for the Plainsman and nearly 150
other member newspapers. Ballots
were gathered by personal inter­viewers
on campuses from coast
to coast, and the results from this
carefully-selected sampling have
been tabulated at the Surveys'
headquarters at the University of
Texas.
It is of interest to note that in
those parts of the country where
cities are more widely scattered,
and where travel is therefore more
difficult, greater percentages of
students opposed such laws.
The Southern states, compris­ing
the largest of the six sections
into which the U. S. is divided in
this scientific cross-section, voiced
the loudest disapproval when stu­dents
were asked, "Do you favor
laws prohibiting hitch hiking?"
New England students, who live
in the smallest "of the sections,
were the most in favor.
Nationally, these were the re­sults
:
For banning hitch hiking — 20
per cent.
Against banning — 80 per cent.
Significantly, too, New Eng­enders
are among the more weal­thy
of students, according to fig­ures
compiled by the Student
Opinion Surveys through its week­ly
polls. These show that in this
section of the country only three
out of every ten men and two out
of every ten women have to work
for all or part of their college
expenses. In the nation as a
whole, nearly five out of every
ten students held some kind of
job or another.
In this poll on hitch hiking it
is also evident that it is the work­ing
student who more consistently
objects to moves by several legis­latures
to prohibit the man with
the varsity sweater and the stick­er-
pasted traveling bag from try­ing
his luck on the road.
Notices
There will be an ASME meeting
Monday night at 7:00 o'clock in
Ramsay 109. All mechanical and
aeronautical engineers be there.
* * *
The Choral Reading Club will
meet Monday night at 7:00 o'clock
in Room 3 of the L Building.
establishment of Mercer Institute
at Penfield, Greene County, in
1833. He taught at Mercer, at Co­lumbia
College, Washington, D.
C, and was the founder of the
Georgia State Baptist Convention.
Black suede gloves magnify the beauty of
your fall ensemble, especially when
purchased at
K A Y S E R - L I L I E N T H A L , I n c.
The Shop of Original Styles
1109 BROADWAY COLUMBUS, GA.
Auburn Graduate
Helps in Lighting
San Francisco Fair
An Auburn graduate, Allen G.
Jones, formerly of Linden, has
received publicity recently in con­nection
with his work for the San
Francisco Exposition.
Finishing Auburn with a degree
in electrical engineering in 1904
and an MS in 1905, Jones has
had a hand in a number of un­usual
lighting projects. He design­ed
and supervised the lighting of
both the Oakland Bay and Golden
Gate bridges, and also was re­sponsible
in part for the lighting
of the grounds and buildings of
the San Francisco Exposition. He
has been connected with General
Electric Company since gradua­tion
from Auburn.
A picture of Mr. Jones appear­ed
in the October issue of "Elec­trical
World."
STUDENTS PLAN
HOMECOMING
FOR BSU ALUMNI
Homecoming Day for Baptist
Student Union alumni is planned
by the members of the Auburn
BSU for Nov. 30. Approximately
200 BSU alumni have been con­tacted
and urged to spend Thanks­giving
holidays in Auburn.
The initial feature on the pro­gram
for Thanksgiving Day is a
breakfast honoring the alumni of
the BSU, jointly sponsored by the
Young Women's Auxiliary and
the Young Men's Baptist Brother­hood.
According to Hansel Poite-vint,
president of the YMBB, an
out-of-town speaker will address
the group at the breakfast.
Open-house will be held at the
Baptist Church in the morning and
before and after the football game
on Thanksgiving Day. The visit­ing
BSU alumni are welcomed to
the church where they can meet
their friends and be entertained
by a variety of games.
The BSU alumni and friends
will meet at the Baptist Church
on Thanksgiving night for a gen­eral
get-together. The BSU Social
Committee will direct the activi­ties
of the evening and provide
those attending with plenty of en­tertainment.
Architecture Forum
Meets Monday Night
The student forum of the School
of Architecture held its first reg­ular
meeting Monday night in the
architectural library.
A representative from each of
the four departments of the school
was selected to serve on an adviso­ry
board for the organization. Ed­win
T. McCowan was elected chair­man
of the group.
The Rt. Rev. C. C. J. Carpenter,
Bishop of the Diocese of Alabama,
will address the Episcopal students
of API at the Episcopal Parish
House Monday night at 7:00
o'clock.
Parents Of Auburn Students Employed
In Nearly All Conceivable Ways
SPEAKING CLASS
ENDS "BETTER
AUBURN" DRIVE
The annual "Better Auburn"
campaign sponsored each year by
Dr. Charles P. Weaver's classes
in public speaking is being con­cluded
this week.
Some thirty-odd suggestions for
making Auburn a better institu­tion
have been presented by ap­proximately
150 students from
freshmen to seniors, and include
such enterprises as:
A campaign to stop jay-walk­ing
by students; the establish­ment
of a deluxe Student Center
with bowling alleys and chess in­struction;
campaigns to stop row-'
dyism and drinking by students
off the campus, to effect the re­vival
of the Auburn spirit of
friendliness, to instigate a better
system of honesty in returning
lost or forgotten articles to the
owners, to secure better fire pro­tection
in Broun and Samford
Halls, for .promoting cooperation
in making Homecoming this year
a hundred-per cent success.
Also, for the beautification of
the campus, a more satisfactory
system of class attendance regu­lations,
to teach better study hab­its
in accordance with scientific
methods, for the establishment of
an arboretum in connection with
agriculture and landscape garden­ing,
to increase regular church
and Sunday School attendance;
and numerous others including
the reading of Plainsman and oth­er
newspaper editorials.
In addition to the above, the
following suggestions were made
during the drive: the construction
in Auburn of a more convenient­ly
located gym for women stu­dents,
addition of more traffic
lights in town, a drive to elimi­nate
rats and roaches in Auburn,
better backing for the Scott Stu­dent
Loan Fund, and the adop­tion
of the quarter system at Au­burn.
Campaign devices included pe­titions,
editorials, and "whisper­ing
campaigns" for support of
these ideas.
Patronize Plainsman advertisers.
Visit Our
Thanksgiving Sale
Starts Friday
All 2.95 Hats .... $1.95
All 1.95 Hats .... $1.00
Wool Plaid Sport
Coats $2.95
Sport Oxfords in
crepe and cork
and leather soles $1.95
New York Dress
and Hat Shoppe
Cold •..ice-cold
Look for
the familiar
red cooler
Opelika Coca Cola Bottling Co.
Phone 70
Farmers and Ranchers
Are Most Numerous
The occupations of the parents
of Auburn students vary from
those of janitors and poolroom
managers to bankers, judges, and
the chairman of the Birmingham
City Commission.
The enrollment records in the
Registrar's Office show that the
occupation in which the greatest
number of students' parents are
gainfully employed is that of
ranching and farming. Next in
line are doctors, ministers, mail-carriers,
and policemen. There
is one FBI agent and police chiefs
and city detectives are plentiful.
Practically every type of em­ployment
possible is represented.
Some of the most unusual were
a wine-maker, a motion picture
censor, a blacksmith, a night
watchman, and a professional
baseball player. Some of the oth­er
interesting occupations were a
theatre owner, steelworker, lino­type
operator, cotton specialist,
peach grower, and a poultry deal­er.
Many of the parents are em­ployed
in mechanical, chemical,
textile, railroading, or other types
of engineering, representing al­most
every phase of the engineer­ing
field.
A "bar pilot" is the title given
to one individual. It is his task
to guide the large freighters and
ocean liners safely into their har­bors,
for he knows the exact posi­tion
of every submerged obstacle
and sand-bar.
One father is a hotel manager
in Ontario, Canada, while another
lives in Detroit but is employed as
sales manager in Canada for a
subsidiary of an American firm.
Tiger Schedules
'Disputed Passage'
Lamour Featured in
Story of Medicos
The dramatic conflicts conceal­ed
behind the stern and sterile
features of young men of medi­cine—
their loves and glories, en­mities
and failures—comprise the
provocative theme of Paramount's
"Disputed Passage," which opens
on Sunday and Monday at the
Tiger Theatre. Based on the best-selling
Lloyd C. Douglas novel,
the picture presents Dorothy La­mour,
John Howard and Akim
Tamiroff in top roles.
"Disputed Passage", like pre­vious
Douglas stories, is ideally
suited for screen adaptation. Just
as his "Magnificent Obsession"
and "Green Light" made perfect
vehicles for the cinema in that
they offered three-dimensional
characterizations in exciting set­tings,
so "Disputed Passage" will
bring to moviegoers a scrutinizing
and moving study of doctors'
problems.
Dorothy Lamour is given her
first really big dramatic role, that
of an American girl, born in the
Orient, who is brought up by
Chinese foster parents when her
true parents have died. To dis­charge
her debt of honor, she has
returned to America to seek help,
resumes her work at the battle-front.
Part-Time Student
Killed in Accident
Chester Bearden, 25, part-time
veterinary student at Auburn, was
burned to death early Tuesday
when he was trapped in his over­turned
automobile on the Warm
Springs road near Columbus, Ga.
Mr. Bearden, a resident of Co­lumbus,
was connected with the
county agent's office in Phenix
City, Ala., at times since 1936. He
had finished his third year at Au­burn
and was engaged in dairy
inspections for the Russell county
agent.
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a native of Ashridge, Ala., is his
bride of little more than two
months.
Formal initiation was undergone
by nine neophytes of Sigma Alpha
Epsilon Sunday.
Judge Walter B. Jones, of Mont­gomery,
conducted the formal cere­monies
and was guest speaker at
the banquet.
The initiated were: Thomas
Blake, Jerry Burnett, Allison Der­by,
Sanford Lee, Bob Marshall,
Bob Sheppard, Pete Smith, Thomas
Wood, Charles Woodruff.
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the buildings of its mu­nicipal
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the Dartmouth College campus.
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war causes has been instituted by
the College of New Rochelle.
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API-GEORGIA RESUME RIVALRY TOMORROW
mproved B
Hoping for
Georgia Crippled by
Series of Injuries
ulldogs
Victory
By DAVID LeROY
Sports Writer, Georgia Red
and Blaek
Georgia's Bulldogs hope to
"stretch" matters a bit Saturday
in their "rubber game" with Au­burn
in Columbus. Forty-three
times have the Bulldogs and the
Tigers clashed and each team has
emerged the victor 19 times. Five
games were ties.
Besides the decisive-game angle
of Saturday's battle, the two
teams will be renewing an ancient
natural rivalry. Since 1892 when
the two first met on the gridiron,
the Auburn-Georgia fray has al-way
ranked as a much-wanted
game by both elevens.
This year the Bulldogs are suf­fering
from a variety of accidents
and ailments. They are under
their third head coach in as many
years. Two members of the vars­ity
squad—one a regular in the
first two games—have been sus­pended
for infraction of training
rules. Then, to cap all, Winston
Hodgson—senior starter at guard
—shot off a toe in a freak gun
accident in his home.
All of this, along with the usual
number of injuries, beset the
Bulldog eleven during their re­cent
four-game losing streak.
These four losses to Furman, Holy
Cross, Kentucky, and NYU struck
heavily at Georgia morale because
of the peculiar circumstances in­volved
in each game. The Furman
loss was humiliating because of
the spot on which Coach Wallace
Butts was placed in his second
game, while the Holy Cross de­feat
came at Georgia's Homecom­ing.
The Kentucky and NYU en­counters
were heart-breakers be­cause
the Bulldogs "almost" won
both contests. Then too, Coach
Butts faced his old high school
coaching rival against Kentucky,
and NYU's Coach Stevens had
blasted words of disrespect at the
Georgia team.
Then came the Mercer contest,
a game against an opponent which
has never beaten Georgia. The
Bulldogs triumphed in the last 25
seconds of the game to break their
long losing streak. The following
week-end Georgia journeyed to
Jacksonville where they took a
hard-earned 6-0 victory from
Florida's fighting Gators. Last
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Auburn Expecting the
Bulldogs to be Tough
Both Teams Have
Won 19 Times
By BOOTS STRATFORD
Sports Editor,
The Auburn Plainsman
Clashing in the oldest rivalry in
Southern football history, t he
Orange and Blue of Auburn and
the Red and Black of Georgia meet
tomorow in their forty-fourth an­nual
classic on the neutral field of
Memorial Stadium, Columbus.
The series, rich in tradition, is
also one of the keenest rivalries in
the nation. The first game was
played in 1892 with Auburn breez­ing
in on the long end of a 10-0
count. Since then the two teams
have met 42 times, tying five and
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as team's leading passer. Pretty shif­ty
runner. A passing and running
threat.
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DICK McGOWEN, Empire, Ala.,
junior, halfback; weight, 185; height,
six feet. Likely to finish Auburn as
best all-around back in decade. Super
punter. Averaged 41.6 yards kicking
67 times as sophomore. Can thread
needle with his passes. Powerful and
shifty runner.
each winning 19 times, so this is
the "edge" battle of the series.
Georgia will send a team onto
the field much similar to that of
Auburn's in that it has been slow
in getting under way, but has at
last roared into high gear in the
waning weeks of the season. The
Bulldogs' three-game winning
streak has been featured by a 6-0
win over Florida and a smashing
33-7 triumph over the Gamecocks
of South Carolina.
Bill Mims and Jim Fordham,
stars of last year's game will again
oppose the Plainsmen, as will Cap­tain
Vassa Cate, dash man who
will play wingback. Another sprint
star in the lineup will be. Oliver
Hunnicutt running from the full­back
post.
Little Heyward Allen, former
Ramsay High star, will run from
the tailback post and is very dan­gerous
with both his running and
passing.
Injuries have struck the Bull­dogs
lately and several key men
may see little or no service in to­morrow's
fray. Chief among these
is Alex McCaskill, reliable varsity
left end, who has a badly hurt leg.
Dooley Matthews, replacement for
Captain Cate, has a pulled muscle,
which may force Cate to play 60
minutes of ball game. C. B. Guest,
reserve guard, is also on the in­jured
list and probably will not
play.
Rated as favorites after their
21-7 licking of LSU, the Tigers of
Auburn will throw into the fray
such stalwarts as Dick McGowen,
possessor of the best punting av­erage
in the nation, Milton Howell,
captain and smashing guard; Mal-
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JIM LeNOIR, Butler, Ala., junior,
end; weight, 175; height, five feet,
10 inches. One of most courageous
members of squad. Like Pearson,
came through fine when called upon
to fill starting post in November last
year. Has many fine qualities and
merits considerable attention when
Auburn's most reliable players are
being discussed.
Captain MILTON HOWELL, Bes­semer,
Ala., senior, guard; weight,
185; height, five feet, 10 inches.
Coach Meagher calls him one of the
best all-around guards he has ever
seen. A specialist on both offense and
defense. Missed half 1938 season be­cause
of injuries. Has Ail-American
aspirations that might be realized this
season.
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BABE McGEHEE, Auburn, Ala.,
junior, end; weight, 175; height, six
feet, two inches. Has more weight
this season that gives him some of
the power needed to make him a
sturdy and durable performer. Al­ways
striving: to advance and has
become a regular. His spirit is un­surpassed.
Comes from a family of
athletes.
Eight Men On Auburn Team From Georgia
Eight members of Auburn's 1939
football squad hail from Georgia.
Hugh Maddox, Douglas, Ga.,
plays center. At guard are Walter
Chandler, one of the youngest play­ers
on the team, and Ernest Mills,
both of Columbus, who will be
playing before the home town
folks Saturday.
At tackles are two Georgia boys,
John Chalkley of Americus and
Joe Cordell of Hartwell.
Three of Auburn's contingent of
halfbacks come from Alabama's
neighbor on the east—"Jumpin'
George" Kenmore of Americus,
Paul Ellis of Atlanta, and Fred
McCarty of Moultrie.
Only two of the 47 members of
Auburn's varsity squad are from
above the Mason-Dixon line. For­ty-
three are from Alabama and
one each reside in Louisiana, South
Carolina, and Virginia.
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McCASKILL LE SAMFORD
WILLIAMS LT McEACHERN
JOHNSON LG MILLS
WITT C MORGAN
WILFANG RG HOWELL (c)
POSEY RT NICHOLS
SKIPWORTH RE . . - FAULK
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KIMSEY LHB ___ __ McGOWEN
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Petrie Coached First Auburn Team In 1892
Dr. George Petrie, dean of the
graduate school and head of the
history department, was the coach
of Auburn's first grid machine.
Dr. Petrie introduced the sport to
Auburn from the University of
Virginia, where he learned the
game.
His team first met Georgia in
1892, which makes this rivalry the
oldest in the South. Dr. Petrie's
long-haired, mole-skin clad war­riors
downed the Bulldogs in this
first game by a 10-0 count.
Biggest score ever run up in the
series of 43 games played between
the two schools was in 1925 when
Georgia downed Auburn 34-0. Au­burn
accumulated its biggest total
in 1910 when it scored 26 to Geor­gia's
0. Five times the teams have
played to 0-0 ties, the last time
being in 1937.
November 24, 1939 • THE A U B U R N P L A I N S M AN Page Five
BOOTS •SZRATFbRD
TIGER TALES
By BOOTS STRATFORD
Our contention of last week "certain it is that the Vols
are not the wonder team that 'experts' say they are—"
while violently censured at the time seems borne out by
_ the hollow victory over Vandy. Sometimes
those worthy members of the fourth estate,
the sports writers, read what they write
too much and become convinced by their
own rhetoric as witness the case of Joe
Louis in his pre-Schmeling days.
Then Joe was the "Brown Bomber," the
"Dark Destroyer," the "Sepia Slasher,"
"the greatest fighter of all time", the man
who "could destroy Dempsey in his prime."
This all made fine reading but not very
good logic after Schmeling "right-handed"
Joe to defeat in their first meeting. Joe redeemed himself
with his ultimate win over Max, but he is no longer "the
greatest fighter of alj time", but simply a very good, even
great, heavyweight champion of the world.
* * *
We believe a parallel case will be the Tennessee
football team. Some "experts" are already backtrack­ing
off their "wonder team" stuff and w e rather think
that those w h o haven't will be caught out on the end
of a limb with a Tiger staring them in the face about
the evening of Dec. 9.
Major Neyland stated this w e e k that the t w o games
l e f t on the Vol's slate, Kentucky and Auburn, are the
t w o toughest nuts on t h e entire schedule. We leave the
Wildcats to uphold their end of this statement—we
know that the Tigers will 'tend t o their side.
In a schedule of 10 terribly tough games, Auburn
can't afford to point to any one game but must point
for each Saturday. But if ever a football t e am wanted
t o beat another Auburn wants t o beat Tennessee; and
if any pointing is done this season it will for the Vols.
All w e have t o say is that Major Neyland is quite a bit
premature in scouting Southern Cal!
* * *
The Tigers are really laying the jinxes low this iseason.
Two, the Eastern team hoodoo and the orange jersey jinx,
received timely ends against Villanova, and the Baton
Rouge "squitch" was laid low against LSU last week.
* * *
Crack of the Week goes t o Ed Danforth of the At­lanta
Georgian w i t h h i s "Tech's win over Alabama was
a lot of Bosch!" And Headline of the Week was
"Southern Cal in Sugar Bowl!" Don't get alarmed,
the Trojans only worked out in the Sugar Bowl yester­day
en route to encounter Notre Dame tomorrow.
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I n t e r e s t i n g h i g h school g a m e will be t h a t in Montgom­e
r y t o n i g h t when t h e s t a t e champion Sidney Lanier Blue
T o r r e n t will e n c o u n t e r t h e strong Hammond, Ind., team.
T h i s intersectional clash, something rare among high
schools, is d e v e l o p i n g into one of t h e o u t s t a n d i n g prep
r i v a l r i e s of t h e nation.
Georgia Tough
Continued from page 4
vern Morgan, steady center who
has jumped into the limelight with
magnificent performances against
Tech, Villanova and LSU; and Ru-fus
Deal, the ripping one, the pow­erhouse
who annihilated the LSU
forewall.
Aiding these luminaries will be
Carl Happer, who was red hot in
last year's Georgia game; Bud
Wendling, who saved the Villanova
game with a pass interception and
the LSU game with a magnificent
tackle; Ernie Mills, stalwart Co­lumbus
guard, sophomore ends
James Samford and Teedy Faulk,
tackles Gordon MacEachern and
Chester Bulger, and sophomore
blocking back Lloyd Cheatham.
George Kenmore, if given the
chance, will ably portray "the lit­tle
man who wasn't there."
Volleyball Schedule
To Be Distributed
The volleyball schedule has
been worked out for the 1939
season and will be distributed to
the various fraternities along
with volleyball rules.
According to the intramural
sports office the plan this year
is for each team to play every
team in its respective league two
matches. The schedule is arrang­ed
so that there will be six games
played at 4:00 and six games at
4:30 on Monday, Tuesday, Wed­nesday,
and Thursday. Each team
will play two games a day.
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Ticket Book Only Requirement For
Admission To Homecoming Game
Guest Tickets Go on
Sale Monday Morning
Student admission to the Flor­ida
game will consist of the stu­dent
ticket book and coupon num­ber
nine. No student tickets will
be necessary for the game, the
ticket book and coupon being the
only things necessary for admis­sion.
Guests tickets will go on
sale Monday morning at 8:00
o'clock and will be sold up till
noon Thursday when they will go
on sale at the stadium. Guest tick­ets
for this game will be $1.50.
The student body will sit in the
east (wooden) stands in the sec­tion
from the north goal past the
50-yard line to the other 40-yard
line. Within this section, there
will be two special sections for
students only. Students sitting
with this group will form the nu­cleus
of the cheering section.
Students and their guests will
be seated between the goal line
and the 35-yard line. Each stu­dent
must accompany his guest.
A special faculty section will
be located between the 30 and 40-
yard lines towards the south end
of the field, admittance to which
may be gained by coupon num­ber
nine in the faculty ticket
book. Faculty members without
ticket book can get a ticket in
this section for $1.50.
There are still a few reserve
seat tickets available low on the
20 and high on the 10-yard lines
for $2.50. There are also a few
$5.00 dedication tickets left.
KAPPA SICMA'S
DOWN SNAKES, 6-0
The Sigma Nu Fraternity was
eliminated from the interfraterni-ty
touch football competition
Wednesday when the Kappa Sig's
nosed them out with a score of
6-0. The Kappa Sig's threatened
to score several times in the first
half but could not quite make it.
At the half, however, they
seemed to get the necessary en­ergy
to score. Charlie Kilpatrick
took the ball on the kick-off and
sped 70 yards only to be stopped
on the one-yard line. The next
play was all that was needed to
break the "tie jinx" which threat­ened
to confront the two fraterni­ties
again.
The Kappa Sig's will play the
SAE boys next week to decide the
fraternity championship. The two
teams have already played one
with the SAE bunch coming out
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Continued from page 4
week, Georgia licked the almost
victoryless South Carolina team,
33-7. At the conclusion of the
game Bulldog supporters were
still in doubt of Georgia's offen­sive
ability because of the Game­cock's
poor defensive playing.
Auburn won from Georgia last
year, 23-14. The Bulldogs led at
the half, 14-13, but a fast Au­burn
. team completely dominated
the latter half to run away with
the game. In that contest Jim
Fordham and Billy Mims aided the
Bulldog cause while too much
Spec Kelly, Bo Russell, Carl Hap­per,
and Oscar Burford spelled
defeat for the Red and Black
wearers.
Fordham, along with Mims and
other Bulldogs of last year's
game, will be back. In addition
Coach Butts can point with pride
to several sophomore stars on his
squad.
At tailback there is brilliant
Cliff "Truck" Kimsey, a poten­tial
triple-treat man. Kimsey has
been suffering from inexperience
in games thus far, but by the time
he becomes a senior he should rank
with the best in Dixie. Working
with Kimsey is a lightweight, 155-
pound Heyward Allen — an Ala­bama
boy from Birmingham, who
is recognized as one of the most
accurate passers in the Southeast­ern
Conference. Butl for his
weight Allen would have little dif­ficulty
in breaking into the Geor­gia
lineup more regularly.
Two other sophomores of sterl­ing
quality represent the Geor­gians
in the persons of John
Stegeman a n d Tommy Witt.
Stegeman is the son of Georgia's
recently deceased athletic direc­tor
of many years, Herman James
Stegeman. Stegeman's father died
while John was on the way to
Athens returning from the game
in which he started. Witt is the
successor to last year's All-South­eastern
center, Quinten Lumpkin,
and shows the same defensive spir­it
which Lumpkin possessed.
SWIMMING TEAM
TO ORGANIZE AT
MEET WEDNESDAY
There will be a meeting of the
freshman swimming team Wed­nesday
afternoon at 5:00 o'clock
in the "A" Club room of the Gym­nasium.
In case of conflict, the
meeting will be held in the swim­ming-
pool room. Team members
who will be unable to come at
that time should see Sherbie Smith
before the meeting.
Election of team officers, or­ganization
of the team, training
regulations, and a schedule of
freshman team meets will be dis­cussed
at the meeting.
A captain, co-captain and man­ager
will be selected. Men who
are going out for the various
specialties should also come pre­pared
to declare for the event of
their choice.
According to Sherbie Smith, the
final examination for those ex­pecting
physical training credit
for swimming will be a 220-yard
dash, free-style. Grading will be
on a basis of improvement in style
and ability, and not on speed a-lone.
It is necessary to average
attendance of three times a week
to get credit.
A frosh-varsity swimming meet
is scheduled for the third week in
December. If present progress is
an indication, the freshmen should
carry off the meet without much
trouble.
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Auburn-Georgia
Gridiron Record
1892—Georgia 0
1894—Georgia 10,
1895—Georgia 6,
1896—Georgia 12,
1898—Georgia 17,
1899—Georgia 0
1900—Georgia 0,
1901—Georgia 0,
1902—Georgia 12,
1903—Georgia 22,
1904—Georgia 6,
1905—Georgia 0,
1906—Georgia 4,
1907—Georgia 6,
1908—Georgia 0,
1909—Georgia 5,
1910—Georgia 0,
1911—Georgia 0,
1912—Georgia 12,
1913—Georgia 7,
1914—Georgia 0,
1915—Georgia 0,
1916—Georgia 0,
Auburn
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1919—Georgia 0,
1920—Georgia 7,
1921—Georgia 7,
1922—Georgia 3,
1923—Georgia 7,
1924—Georgia 6,
1925—Georgia 34,
1926—Georgia 16.
1927—Georgia 33,
1928—Georgia 13,
1929—Georgia 24.
1930—Georgia 39,
1931—Georgia 12,
1932—Georgia 7,
1933—Georgia 6,
1934—Georgia 18.
1935—Georgia 7,
1936—Georgia 13,
1937—Georgia 0,
1938—Georgia 14,
Auburn
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Morgan Accepts
Blue-Gray Bid
Howell Already Chosen
To Play for Grays
Malvern Morgan, 190-pound
center for Auburn, accepted an
invitation this week to play for
the Gray squad in the Blue-Gray
grid game in Montgomery on Dec.
30. Morgan is the fifteenth South­ern
player to accept a bid.
Morgan's play against Louisiana
State, Villanova, Georgia Tech,
and Mississippi State has won him
praise from sport writers all over
the South.
Capt. "Hatch" Howell, out­standing
guard for the Tigers, ac­cepted
an invitation quite a while
ago to play in the game.
Morgan's running mate at cen­ter
will be Capt. Carey Cox, pivot-ma,
n for the Alabama Crimson
Tide.
Only other guard to accept a
bid so far has been Rupert Pate
of 'Wake Forest.
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Page Six T H E A U B U R N P L A I N S M AN •November 24, 1939
Don Cossacks Are Jusf As Interesting
Now As Is Their Colorful Past Life
Of Original Group
Only Eleven Remain
Thirty-one Russians, ranging in
age from 25 to 56, and in height
from their leader, Serge Jaroff's,
five-feet-one to giant Vladzimierz
Wasilewsky's six-and-a-half feet,
and with possibly the most ex­quisite
collection of male voices
in the world . . . that's the Don
Cossack Chorus.
Singing to an audience of some
1500, packed into the auditorium
at Graves Center, the Don Cos­sacks
last night gave Auburn the
second of it's 1939-40 Concert
Series programs.
The program of the concert was
divided into three parts, each sep­arated
by an intermission. In the
first part, the chorus sang five
religious songs of Old Russia. The
second part contained their own
epic song—a history of the Don
Cossacks, four songs arranged by
the diminutive leader, S. Jaroff,
and Rachmaninoff's famous Pre­lude,
arranged for the chorus by
Shvedoff. The last part of the
program was taken up with the
singing of a number of folk and
peasant songs, and the program
ended with an encore, "Lord,
Have Mercy On Us."
The Chorus came to Auburn di­rectly
from Tuscaloosa, where
they gave a concert Wednesday
night. They go from here to Dur­ham,
N. C, to sing at Duke Uni­versity
tomorrow night.
This season marks the tenth
for the Cossacks in America. They
began the season in Canada, sang
in the North, Middle West, the
South, and are now going North
again. They sing in Carnegie Hall
New York on Nov. 26 and 27.
With a record of over 3500
performances since Jaroff first
organized the group in a prison
camp in Russia just after the
close of the Russian Revolution,
the chorus has changed consider­ably
with the years. Only 11 of
the original members remain in
the group, and the other 20 have
been taken in from time to time
as needed.
All of the members of the group
with the exception of five or six
have taken out their first papers
toward becoming naturalized A-merican
citizens. Until they ob­tain
American citizenship, they
shall remain as they have for 20
years, "men without a country."
They had been issued Nansen
passports by the League of Na­tions
on which no mention of na­tionality
is made—only the words
"en voyage" substituted in place
of a country.
Many of the men, who would
"like to go back to Russia" if they
could, are well educated. Most of
them speak several languages, but
most of their conversation is in
their native tongue. Several of
them were important engineers
and professional men in Old Rus-
SUBSIDIARY PAN-HELLENIC
COUNCIL
NOW ORGANIZED
Now meeting once each month
is the Junior Pan-Hellenic Coun­cil,
new organization for the in­struction
of secretary pledges for
active membership in Pan Hellenic
Council, intersorority group.
The group discusses problems of
sorority pledges and tries to bet­ter
understand the national or­ganization
of Pan-Hellenic.
Membership is comprised of the
pledge president and one addition­al
representative from each so­rority.
Edythe Carnes of Phi Omega
Pi heads the list of officers as
president, and Ruby Morrison of
Theta Upsilon is secretary.
Complete list of members is as
follows:
Kappa Delta: Jerry Creel, pres­ident
of pledges, and Anita Al­bright.
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Pick Texas A & M
As First Team
Jibing for the first time in their
number 1 team pick, the Asso­ciated
Press Grid Poll and Paul
B. Williamson's Rating System
match each other more nearly this
week than at any other time this
season.
Marked differences are AP's
pick of Notre Dame as the num­ber
7 team with Duke as number
8, while Williamson rates these
two teams as number 12 and num­ber
20 respectively.
Auburn is picked as number 29
by Williamson, Georgia as 108,
Florida as 63 and Tennessee as 5.
First 10 teams in each rating
follow.
Williamson's Ratings
Perfect Team 100.0
1 Texas A & M 97.9
2 Tulane 97.7
3 Cornell U. 97.1
4 Southern California ___ 97.0
5 Tennessee 96.1
6 Ohio State ' 95.7
7 Clemson 95.2
8 Missouri 95.0
9 Oklahoma U. :___ 94.6
10 Iowa U. 94.1
Associated Press Pol
Texas A & M
Tennessee
Cornell
Southern Cal.
Tulane
Ohio State
Notre Dame
Duke
Iowa
Missouri
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Co-Op Housing
Continued from page 1
They own and operate a unique
automobile, "Blue John," which
as yet they have not been able to
wean from gasoline.
The electricians, plumbers, ra­dio
technicians, and interior dec­orators
in this brotherhood have
fixed up desks, indirect lighting
fixtures, and other tricky little
gadgets to make life easier.
Stocked with potatoes for the
winter, the boys are looking for
a couple of good cheap "hawgs."
Numbered among their other pos­sessions
are three typewriters,
three radios, from 35 to 40 pipes,
a co-op pressing establishment,
and a cigarette factory.
Chi Omega: Martha Gerhardt,
pledge president, and Ellen Hack-sema.
Phi Omega Pi: Edythe Carnes,
president of pledges, and Carolyn
Rich.
Theta Upsilon: Pledge presi­dent
Ruby Morrison and Lallie
Bragg.
Alpha Gamma Delta: Frances
Hay, pledge head, and Claire
Joyce Lassiter.
Zeta Delta: Ruth King.
Waites Receives
Shaeffer Award
Dawson Waits, sophomore in
pharmacy, received word Wednes­day
from the Shaeffer Pen Com­pany
that he has been awarded
the portable radio offered to the
Auburn student writing the best
letter on "Why I like Shaeffer's
Long Thin Pencil Leads."
Rules of the contest required
that the letter be written on the
back of a carton from some
Shaeffer product. Waits won the
$27 radio with a letter written
on the back of a box from a 25-
cent bottle of glue.
Several times during the school
year the Shaeffer company spon­sors
similar contests on the campi
of the various colleges in the
United States.
Lipscomb's Drug Store is the
Shaeffer representative in Au­burn.
WAX WORKS
Suicide Pact-
Continued from page 1
tension of the alleged Christmas
holidays of this Institute for the
school term 1939-1940, said exten­sion
to be of one day's duration,
thus to include in said holidays
January 1st, this being a day ob­served
internationally as New
Year's Day.
Bearing in mind the democratic
form of student and faculty gov­ernment
which we of this insti­tute
are reputed to boast, we be­lieve
the administration will take
to heart our earnest request, and
grant the said extension of holi­day
session. We respectfully sub­mit
this petition, faithfully prom­ising
to decapitate ourselves on
return from said holidays. In SO
doing we earnestly request that
the Administration give due con­sideration
to this matter—one
which concerns vitally the "Hap­py
New Year" of each and every
student and professor on the
campus.
Remarks of signers as they
casually ascribed their signatures
to the fatal bond were varied, but
for the most part, were such state­ments
as, "Sure, I'll sign it. Hope
it goes through," or "I'll sign it,
I'm 'fer' anything," and "The
pleasure's all mine." One prom­inent
signer claimed that he had
never signed a petition in his life,
but proceeded to sign this one, af­ter
supposedly reading it careful-ly.
Another student, a member of
the Plainsman staff, trained in
catching errors in copy, read the
petition through, and read twice
the line containing the promise to
"decapitate ourselves", and sign­ed
it. Six Plainsman staff mem­ber's
and a t least four Glomerata
member's names appear on the pe­tition.
The Executive Cabinet is well
represented among the signers as
five of its members signed the
paper. Eleven of the 19 students
recently chosen to represent Au­burn
in the Who's Who Among
American Colleges and Universi­ties,
signed the pact.
The following names, not men­tioned
above, are to be found
among the 40:
"Red" Bamberg, Dan Hollis,
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Johnny Hodges has finished a
couple of tunes for Vocalion un­der
the titles of "Savoy Strut"
and "Good Gal Blues", two of
Duke Ellington's latest combina­tions.
Not recommended unless
you are interested in something
strictly swing.
* * *
A not-so-good production comes
from Bob Zurke and his Delta
Rhythm band. "Faithful Forever"
and "It's A Hap-Hap-Happy Day"
featuring Carrie Martin as vocal­ist,
but in spite of her good work
the job falls flat.
* * *
Jan Savitt and the Top Hatters
turn out two more good tunes
with Bon Bon taking honors as
vocalist. "Stranger Things Have
Happened" and "If What You
Say Is True," find the shuffling
rhythm at its best on a Decca.
* * *
"If I Knew Then" by Orrin
Tucker and his popular ba*nd fea­ture
little Bonnie Baker as vocal­ist.
This young lady sings in her
baby style that really sells almost
any1 tune. "All In Favor Say
'Aye' " finds the entire band do­ing
its bit vocally and instrument-ally.
This Columbia production is
good.
Bea Wain has finished a couple
of fine tunes with her own band
under a Victor label billed as
"Make With The Kisses" and "I
Didn't Know What Time It Was."
Both of these tunes should be­come
quite popular with- Bea's
help. This record is the kind that
will demand more.
* * *
"Faithful Forever" is given the
Glenn Miller treatment with Ray
Eberle giving the vocal promise.
More fine sweet style entitled
"Bluebirds in the Moonlight" des­cribed
by Marion Hutton in her
interesting style make both sides
of the record welcome additions
to the sweet tune album. Blue­bird.
* * *
One of the highest type imper­sonations
ever put out by any
band comes from Charlie Barnet
and his orchestra under the name
of "The Count's Idea" and "The
Jr., Elmer Almquist, Eloise Wil­liams,
Ed McCowan, Charlie O'­Reilly,
Sam Pettus, Kirby Clem­ents,
Marshall Hooper, Walter
Going, Ted Chiles, Ed Wadsworth,
D. S. Dimmerling, Shel Toomer,
R. W. Lett, H. J. Hard, B. Mc-
Knight, Johnston Hawkins, W. H.
March, Tommy Schuessler, Jean
Williams, Lydia Stanford, Pat
Brinson, John Turner Hudson,
and Redding Sugg.
Dukes Idea." Both of these tunes
are played in the famous style
of Count Basie and Duke Elling­ton
respectively. Not only are the
arrangements perfectly fashioned,
but they also have a fine sense
of interpretation on the individual
rides. This Bluebird hits the spot.
* * *
"I Live Again" by Red Nichols
and his famous band is a tune
that promises to catch the public
ear. Bill Darnell is featured on
the vocal of this ballad and in
"You're The Greatest Discovery
Since 1492." This last tune is on
the novelty side and features Red
on his trumpet right after the
vocal. Fa.ir. Bluebird.
* * *
Glenn Miller plays "Bless You"
while Ray Eberle gives his at­tention
to the vocal course to
make one of the top-notch lyric
productions of the day. This tune
is of slow tempo but is kept in­teresting
by the Miller arranging
style. "Speaking of Heaven" fea­tures
more piping by Ray Eberle
on this Mack Gordon tune. Both
sides of this disc go together to
make up a very fine sweet-tune
production.
* * *
Bob' Chester and his band pre­sent
a new young vocalist in the
person of Dolores O'Neil singing
two new tunes billed as "My Sil­ent
Mood" and "Stars Over the
Campus." The first of this group
is a Larry Clinton tune while Or­rin
Tucker gave his talent to the
second. Bob Chester lends his
style to these two numbers very
well. Honors go to Dolores. Blue­bird.
* * *
"Make With the Kisses" is the
latest Les Brown release that is
decidedly on the novelty fox-trot
side featuring Herb Muse vocal­ly.
A Johnny Mercer brain-storm
doctored in the Les Brown man­ner
turns out to be good. Miriam
Shaw says "You Bring Me Down"
as she gives a very nice interpre­tation
to this ballad. This Blue­bird
finds Les Brown's band at
its best.
Decorations
Continued from page 1
Draughon, Dean George Petrie,
Coaches Jack Meagher, Wilbur
Hutsell, Dell Morgan, and Porter
Grant and Publicity Director El­mer
Salter.
Members of the press invited
are Zipp Newman of the Birming­ham
News and Morgan Blake of
the Atlanta Journal.
The booklet to be distributed by
Blue Key on Homecoming Day
will contain a schedule of events
for the day, and information of
the location and activities of the
various fraternities, a map of the
campus and pictures of interest.
The programs will be distribut­ed
to fraternity houses on Wed­nesday
and will be available at the
registration and information
booths at the Main Gate.
Ten prominent sports writers
have been selected to pick the out­standing
player of the game who
will receive a cup from Blue Key,
the award to be made on the field
after the game.
The pep rally on Wednesday
night will be held back of the
Chemistry Building, the time to
be announced later. Several short
talks will be made including ones
by Coach Jack Meagher, Capt.
Milton Howell, Mayor C. S. Yar-brough,
Homer Wright, a nd
George Mattison.
Miss Etna McGaugh, state home
demonstration agent of Alabama
will be the guest speaker at the
Student Home Economic Club
meeting Monday night at 7:00
o'clock in Smith Hall. All home
economics students are required
to attend.
The Dies committee will soon be­gin
an investigation of communis­tic
influences in US college and
universities.
Rollins College this year has an
equal number of men and women
students.
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Robert Donat
Ghost Goes West
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